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Water and Sanitation
Water resource management: CSiR briefing, with Minister & Deputy Minister
17 Feb 2016
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research gave a briefing on the economics of water resource management in South Africa, with a focus on the path to a green economy.
It provided an overview of water resource management in South Africa; spoke about who is using how much, where; efficiency, ...
Arts and Culture
Department of Arts and Culture on dissolution of PanSALB Board and way forward; Department of Arts and Culture on Community Art Centres & Windybrow Theatre
16 Feb 2016
The Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) briefed the Committee on the current status, legal challenges and way forward for the Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB). It was noted that the dissolution of the Pan South African Language Board resulted from numerous and long standing periods of crisis on ...
Water and Sanitation
Workshop on Five Year Strategic Plan of the Portfolio Committee: day 2
3 Feb 2016
Documents considered: Draft Five Year Strategic Plan for the Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation (not for public distribution)
The Committee held a workshop,with two facilitators, to refine the Committee's Five Year Strategic Plan, and with input also from the Content Advisor and Parliamentary Researchers, whilst comments were also permitted from ...
Arts and Culture
Closure of Reconciliation Bridge and road in Pretoria and Ncome: Voortrekker Monument, Freedom Park, Msunduzi Museum and DAC briefing; Status and future of Ncome Museum: DAC briefing
2 Feb 2016
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) , the Voortrekker Monument, Freedom Park, and the Msunduzi Museum on the issues that these museums faced, and especially on the closure of the Reconciliation Bridge and Reconciliation Road in Ncome and Pretoria respectively. The Road had been ...
Arts and Culture
Key outstanding issues: committee staff briefing; First Term Committee Programme
26 Jan 2016
The Committee agreed that it had to re-evaluate the work that it had already done in order to identify what it still needed to do in 2016. The intention was to make the Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) accountable to the Committee. There were issues that remained outstanding from ...
Water and Sanitation
Amatola, Mhlatuze, Magalies, and Lepelle Water Boards on their 1st Quarter 2015/16 performance
18 Nov 2015
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) gave a brief introduction, and also assisted in answering questions related to the briefings which were given by the Amatola, Mhlatuze, Magalies and Lepelle Water Boards on their first quarter 2015/16 performance. It was noted that the Boards' financial year commenced in July, ...
Arts and Culture
Pan South African Languages Board (PanSALB) on its 2014/15 Annual report
10 Nov 2015
Documents awaited: Pan South African Languages Board (PanSALB) 2014/15 Annual report presentation; Presentation to the PPC (Arts and Culture) [email info@pmg.org.za]
The Chairperson opened the session by introducing the Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB) and giving some background on the current situation of the entity. The Department of ...
Water and Sanitation
Tzaneen, Cradock & Middelburg water supply petitions: DWS, COGTA, Inxuba Yethemba, Chris Hani & Mopani Municipalities interventions
4 Nov 2015
In response to petitions for improved water supply by Tzaneen, Cradock and Middelburg communities, the Committee called in the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS), the South African Local Government Association (SALGA), the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) and their provinicial counterparts as well as the Inxuba ...
Water and Sanitation
Progress report on meeting December 2015 deadline in respect of bucket eradication: Department of Water and Sanitation, with the Minister
28 Oct 2015
Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) briefed the Committee on their Bucket Eradication Programme (BEP) progress report. The Programme was focused on bucket toilets in formal areas which had been established before 1994. The verified bucket eradication target as at 20 October 2015 was 57 329, of which 15 544 bucket toilets ...
Arts and Culture
South African Roadies Association settlement agreement; Performing Arts Centre of Free State on its 2014/15 Annual Report; Heritage Assets: GRAP compliance
27 Oct 2015
The Chairperson expressed her displeasure at the outset with the fact that many of the Department's reports had been inaccurate or misleading, and the Committee was not pleased when an official sought to explain this and suggested that perhaps the Department should be told in advance of meetings if its ...